At A Glance

• 243 Acres
• 88 Buildings
• 257 Total Beds
• 7,960 admissions (2006)
• 455,503 Visits to Hospital Clinics (2006)
• 128 Average Daily Patient Load (2006)
• 2,015 Births (2006)
• 4,540 Total Staff Members (including 1,591 enlisted; 1,081 Officers; 1,868 Civilians - 2006)

WRNMMC is the Navy's third-largest health care delivery system and provides more than 12,500 ambulatory surgeries and almost 8,000 inpatient admissions each year. As the headquarters for the regional Health Care System, WRNMMC encompasses facilities in five states and the District of Columbia (Northern Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Jersey).

WRNMMC staff members provide care around the world via Hospital Ship USNS COMFORT and several other Operational Platforms. In 2003, nearly 800 WRNMMC staff deployed aboard USNS Comfort to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2005, more than 500 WRNMMC staff members deployed on a six-week mission aboard USNS Comfort to support Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts in the Gulf. At any given time, dozens of WRNMMC staff are deployed around the globe to places like Iraq and Kuwait to support the Global War on Terrorism.

WRNMMC is an active status facility with an active duty command leadership.

WRNMMC is under the regional command of Navy Medicine National Capital Area and receives resources and technical support from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, commanded by the Surgeon General of the Navy.

Since 2003, WRNMMC has treated more than 1,600 war wounded service members, including Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force personnel. WRNMMC is the designated hospital for Navy and Marine casualties returning to the continental United States from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

Additionally, WRNMMC is the only Defense Department facility capable of comprehensive complex neurocritical care for wartime Traumatic Brain Injury patients.

• Phone - (301) 295-5727.
• Email WRNMMC Public Affairs.
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